Senior/Lead PHP Developer | Edlight

Hi!

We are Boosta, a holding tech company that creates, develops, and invests in digital businesses with global potential. Today, we collaborate with over 800 specialists from different parts of the world, and millions of users use our products and services.

We’re looking for a Senior/Lead PHP Developer to join Edlight — a business that builds AI products and expert services for students and professionals.

What you’ll be focusing on:

• Lead the backend direction of the product from architecture to production release.
• Manage a team of two Backend Developers, including 1:1 meetings, feedback, and development plans.
• Maintain code quality through code reviews and technical standards.
• Decompose, estimate, and plan tasks while helping unblock the team.
• Coordinate with Frontend and QA teams across integration points.
• Manage technical debt while balancing delivery speed.
• Participate in hiring Backend Developers.

You are our ideal candidate if you:

• Have strong PHP 8+ and Symfony 6+ experience (3+ years).
• Write clean code following SOLID, KISS, and DRY principles, and are confident refactoring existing codebases.
• Have strong MySQL expertise, including query optimization, indexing, and execution plan analysis.
• Demonstrate architectural thinking at the service and API boundary level, making informed technical trade-offs.
• Have cross-stack understanding and can anticipate how backend decisions impact Frontend and QA.
• Use AI development tools (Claude, Cursor, Copilot, or similar) as an integral part of your daily workflow.

Nice to have:

• Experience with GraphQL (Overblog GraphQL Bundle).
• Experience with RabbitMQ and Symfony Messenger.
• Experience with AWS S3, Redis or Memcached, and WebSocket technologies (Centrifugo).
• Experience with or genuine interest in Python (FastAPI).
• Experience hiring engineers and conducting technical interviews.

Our hiring flow:

• Step 1: Pre-screen.
• Step 2: Тechnical interview.
• Step 3: Final Interview.
• Step 4: Reference check.
• Step 5: Job Offer!

What you can expect from working with us:

• Strong team and growth environment
• Work alongside experienced and motivated professionals. This enables rapid professional growth and high performance.
• Remote work & flexible schedule
• You can start your workday anytime between 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM (Kyiv time) and finish between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM, considering team collaboration hours. You’re also welcome to visit our office in Kyiv or coworking spaces in Lviv and Warsaw.
• Time to recharge
• 28 working days of paid vacation per year, 30 sick leave days, and all public holidays observed. You can also arrange a workday transfer — swapping a working day with a day off and vice versa.
• Health & well-being support
• For the team in Ukraine — medical insurance, compensation for sports activities, books, and therapy sessions. We care about physical and mental well-being because we play the long game.
• Learning & development
• Compensation for courses and conferences, leadership training, internal lectures, English lessons, and speaking clubs.
• Team time
• Quarterly online or offline team-building events. We know how to not only work together but also connect beyond daily tasks.
• Social Impac
• The Ukrainian Victory Support program and other charitable initiatives aimed at supporting Ukraine.